Home & Garden Features
If your household has two wage-earners and a couple of children, it would not be surprising if...
There are few plants that can escape an insect’s ravenous appetite. Daily monitoring and ...
One of the things that can make or break the appeal of a house is the appearance of its front ...
During the summer months, watering often is a major gardening chore. Most plants need a regular supply of water throughout ...
Ever notice a damp area on your basement floor, near the water heater or furnace? Perhaps there’s more ...
There’s something about flowers that makes a person feel good, bringing a smile to even the ...
How often do you take a good look at the roof on your home? Not just glancing at it ...
When the word “groundcovers” is mentioned, most of us think of a mundane , ...
The heat is on in more ways than one. Yes, our days are really warming up as summer formally gets under ...
Every garden has its share of weeds, insects and diseases, but of the three, weeds seem to require the greatest ...
The start of spring has been glorious. But along with the warmer weather come ants, mosquitoes, wasps and other ...
Flowering dogwoods (Cornus florida) are among the loveliest of spring flowering trees. Native to eastern and central ...
The magnitude of the exposure you face from a washing machine disaster depends largely on where yours is located ...
If I had a quarter for each complaint we get about moss growing in lawns, I’d probably be able ...
Most people are somewhat afraid of bees, but ironically, many also have a bit of affection for the bumblebee. They ...
Shaded areas evoke mixed feelings among homeowners. While cool and comfortable during summer’s heat, getting plants to ...
The weather is beginning to warm up, and outdoor projects will begin to take up more and more of your time. ...
The howling winds of winter may be behind us, but your fence may have a tale to tell about standing up to ...
No gardening activity seems to instill as much trepidation in a novice gardener as pruning. While an improperly ...
The appliances in your home are absolute essentials. But that doesn’t mean running them has to ...
Looking through your new 2010 seed catalogs, not only will you find “new and improved” vegetable varieties and “...
We were amazed when we could take the same concepts of computer networking we used at the office and implement ...
Although I have plenty of sunny planting sites outdoors, my sunny exposures inside are limited. This makes me ...
Wintertime means the house is closed up as tight as the homeowner can get it, and the furnace is chugging away, ...
When selecting trees or shrubs for a landscaping project, several factors are usually taken into consideration. For ...
